Born 1944 as Patricia Ann Ruth Noble in Marrickville and grew up in Sydney, Australian singer and actress Trisha Noble was a teenage pop singer in the early 1960s, with regular appearances on the music and variety television series Bandstand. In November 1961, she released her biggest hit single, “Good Looking Boy”, which reached the Top 10 in Melbourne and Top 20 in Sydney. At the 1961 Logie Awards, she won the ‘Best Female Singer of the Year’ award from TV Week. By 1962, she had transferred to the United Kingdom and continued her singing career by releasing singles there.
In 1965, Noble started her television acting career. By the 1970s, she had relocated to the United States and had guest roles on various television series including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Columbo, Baretta, McMillan & Wife, The Rockford Files, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. In 1983, Noble returned to Australia where she also pursued a career as a theatrical actress.
In 2005, Noble had a minor role in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith as Jobal Naberrie – mother of lead character Padmé Amidala, and thus the maternal grandmother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa.
Noble died in 2021, at the age of 76, after what was described as an 18-month battle with mesothelioma. Take a look at these fabulous photos to see the beauty of young Trisha Noble in the 1960s and 1970s.
